Ubuntu: USN-4774-1 (CVE-2016-9878): Spring Framework vulnerabilities

Toshiaki Maki discovered that Spring Framework incorrectly handled certain
XML files. A remote attacker could exploit this with a crafted XML file to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-3192)

Alvaro Muñoz discovered that Spring Framework incorrectly handled certain
URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a reflected
file download. (CVE-2015-5211)

It was discovered that Spring Framework did not properly sanitize path
inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files,
resulting in a directory traversal attack (CVE-2016-9878)

It was discovered that Spring Framework incorrectly handled XML documents.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to generate an XML external
entity attack, resulting in a denial of service, disclosure of information
or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
(CVE-2014-0225)

It was discovered that Spring Framework incorrectly handled certain URLs. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files,
resulting in a directory traversal attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu
14.04 ESM. (CVE-2014-3625, CVE-2014-3578)